China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 317: Competition for favor, first-day box office 4.32 billion, a new record

July 7, Beijing City, Wanda Cinema.

The ticket hall was crowded.

In recent years, the scale of China Cinema has been expanding at an alarming rate. It has been a long time since we have seen this kind of situation in the cinema that is comparable to the Spring Festival. "Detective Chinatown" and "Transformers 4" have not been released yet, and "Interstellar" is coming again. , many movie fans in the hall were excited about it.

"Three blockbusters are being released at the same time. There are so many good movies this year!"

"'Detective Chinatown' can't be considered a blockbuster, right? It seems that the investment is not big, so it's barely a blockbuster."

"Yes, that's three blockbuster movies being released at the same time!"

"That's not right. "Detective Chinatown" and "Transformers 4" are blockbuster movies. It's true that "Interstellar" has only been released on its first day. It's hard to say whether it will be a blockbuster or not."

Listening to the argument between the two, a small and fragile-looking girl wearing sunglasses and a mask couldn't help but interjected: "Interstellar must be a hit. Didn't you watch Maoyan's real-time box office? The preview of "Interstellar" The box office sales have already reached 3 million, and it is the first movie to have a pre-sale box office of over 3 million."

"Really? I didn't pay attention." The two boys who were arguing scratched their heads and said with a smile.

The girl who came with the girl in sunglasses and mask, who should be her "best friend", gently pulled the corner of her friend's clothes, leaned into her ear and whispered: "Sister, be careful of being recognized."

The girl in sunglasses nodded and stopped talking to the two boys next to her.

The girl in sunglasses is actually Zhao Liying. Three days before the release of "Interstellar", she ordered her assistant to buy two movie tickets.

In fact, she is not too interested in movies like Interstellar and Cosmos, but there is no harm in watching them. Maybe a casual chat with her boss when she meets her one day in the future will deepen her position in his heart.

If the flattery is shot well and the shots are meaningful, the boss may be happy - well, the company has a new project recently, and the heroine has not been decided yet, it’s you!
Of course, there are too many people who flatter the boss, and the chance of being treated differently if you flatter yourself is low, but it’s better to be prepared than not, right?Besides, I watch the movie seriously. Even if I am flattering, I can still make it more meaningful than others. "Interstellar" has an investment of more than 1.5 million US dollars, and the boss's wife plays the leading role. Needless to say, it must be the boss's fault. An itchy spot, you have to prepare yourself in advance.

Seeing that Zhao Liying stopped answering, the two boys who had just been chatting became more enthusiastic.Men are like this. When there are beautiful women around, they are energetic in everything they do. Although Zhao Liying is wearing sunglasses and a mask at the moment, look at her figure, how can it be so bad?
"What a pity. No matter how good "Detective Chinatown" is, it is a small investment after all. If the schedule of "Interstellar" is switched, "Interstellar" will definitely beat "Transformers 4" to death."

"That's right, the two of us watched "Tang Ren" and "Transformation 4" as soon as they were released at the end of last month. It was in this theater. How could it be so busy then? Look at it now, it's like the Spring Festival travel period in [-] , so awesome!”

The two brothers also noticed that the two faceless beauties next to them were still fans of Hua Shang or Li Mu. In order to show off in front of the beauties, why not praise Hua Shang and Li Mu to the death?

It's a pity that Zhao Liying didn't talk to her again this time, and the two brothers couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

After a while, the ticket checking officially started. Zhao Liying and her assistant took the lead to go to the ticket checking channel. The two guys who just chatted sat in their seats for a while.

"Hey, look at that beautiful woman's back. Why does it look familiar to me?"

"Back view? To be honest, her voice sounds more familiar to me!"

"It sounds familiar to you too, right?!"

"Yeah, but who does it look like?"

……

"Interstellar" has a running time of 170 minutes, almost three hours. It is considered a relatively long movie. For a movie of this length, if the story is average or the viewer is not interested in the subject matter, the viewing process will definitely be very uncomfortable. , but it is obvious that most of today's audiences are very satisfied with the quality of the film.

After the movie finally finished playing, most of the audience members who stood up and left looked very excited on their faces, and quite a few of them were discussing the plot with their friends with great interest. Many people even asserted that the movie was in no way inferior to "Inception" .

"Inception" is a masterpiece in the hearts of many people. It has a Douban score of 9.4, ranking 250th on Douban's TOP10. Comparing "Interstellar" with "Inception" shows how much this audience recognizes the quality of the film. degree.

It’s the same couple of guys just now.

"It looks good, but I feel a little unsatisfied."

"Before I came here, I thought it wouldn't be worse than "The Martian". I didn't expect that it would reach the ceiling of Li Mu's works. It felt better than "Inception"!"

"It's so shocking that even if I watch it again immediately, it won't be boring at all."

"and many more!"

One of the guys suddenly stopped, and the other one was stunned and asked, "What's wrong?"

"go back!"

"Go back? Do you really want to watch it again right away? If you buy the tickets right away, you probably won't get a good seat, right?"

"No, I mean I remembered who those two women looked like!"

"Like who?"

"Zhao Liying! Let's go back and look for her."

"It looks like it but it's not. Besides, what's the use of finding it?"

"It's useless, but you can use 'Didn't anyone say you look like Zhao Liying?' to start a conversation."

"For someone wearing a mask and sunglasses, it's too far-fetched to say that they look like Zhao Liying. It's better to say that they sound like her!"

"Don't tell me, look at the two of them, one of them is wearing a mask very tightly, maybe it's really Zhao Liying."

"Wake up! Are we so lucky that Zhao Liying takes the initiative to chat with us?"

"We were chatting, and they just said one thing!"

"It's enough to chat!"

The two young men walked back while talking. When they came out, they paid special attention. The two women had been sitting on the chairs and did not move. They would probably come out last.

The two of them went back to look for it. After a while, the one who looked a bit like Zhao Liying came out with her best friend. One of the guys took the initiative to strike up a conversation: "Has anyone ever said that you look very much like -"

He didn't finish the sentence, but he swallowed the rest of the words directly.

He didn't look carefully when they were talking to each other before the movie started, but he looked carefully now. As a result, the more he looked, the more he felt that this person was Zhao Liying.

"What does it look like?" Zhao Liying was blocked by someone, so she looked at the person.

"Zhao Liying?"

He said tentatively.

But what is the situation in the theater now?
It can be said to be a sea of ​​people!

As soon as the young man said "Zhao Liying", he immediately attracted the attention of the people around him. Movie fans who were in a hurry turned their heads to look:
"What? Zhao Liying? Where is it?"

"It really is?"

Many people immediately gathered around.

If you only attract the attention of one or two people, you may be able to walk away silently, but if you are suddenly targeted by so many people, you will definitely not be able to walk away without anyone noticing.

The theater staff were also shocked and hurriedly reported the incident, and then the person in charge came with security guards to maintain order. The audience around them became more and more excited, and the two young men at the beginning were even more excited and could not even speak.

The excited audience began to take out their mobile phones to take pictures. Zhao Liying simply admitted her identity. The audience rushed to ask questions, and Zhao Liying briefly answered some of the audience.

"Liying, did you just watch "Interstellar"? Is the movie good? How did you come up with the idea of ​​watching the movie?"

"I watched "Interstellar". The movie is very exciting. I feel it is the best science fiction movie in the world in recent years. As for why I came to watch the movie? In fact, every movie directed by Li Mu, as long as I am not working, As long as time permits, I will go to the theater to watch it as soon as possible. This has been the case since I joined Huashang Media. I like the movies directed by Li Mu very much. I like every one of them. In fact, I have always been directed by Li Mu. My little fangirl!"

After giving a few brief answers, Zhao Liying took her assistant and left under the escort of security personnel. Only a few hours later, this matter directly became a hot topic in the news:

[Zhao Liying admits that she is a little fan of Li Mu! 】Netizens clicked in and saw Zhao Liying. Some thought Zhao Liying was very cute, while others felt that what she did this time was too obvious. It is the best science fiction movie, and it is for a little fan girl. It is a bit scheming.

Forget it, you claim to be a little fan of me. Although there is a suspicion that you are deliberately trying to please me, it’s still reasonable!
Is it normal that the girl is a little fan of Li Mu?No, that's abnormal!

Furthermore, it is obvious that "Interstellar" is the best science fiction movie in recent years. The flattery is too obvious and feels too licking.

Everyone admits that for all Li Mu's movies, there is at least a bottom line.

Let's put it this way, Hua Shang's movie is definitely not a bad movie, it is most likely very exciting, but can it be compared with the top ten on Douban TOP250?

Are you bullying those of us who haven't had a chance to see it yet?It should be noted that the higher you hold it, the harder it will fall!
However, soon Douban ratings were officially opened to the outside world.

"Interstellar" - 9.6 points!
There are only four movies ranked ahead of this one on the entire Douban list.

No. 250 on Douban TOP5?

Although most of the movie's initial ratings are falsely high, there is a high probability that the ratings will drop later, but - 9.6 points?
For a time, countless viewers who had not yet had a chance to watch were all excited.

"Really or not, is it so good?"

"Although "Gravity" and "Frozen" have extremely high box office, in my mind, Director Li Mu's masterpiece is still "Inception". In the end, "Interstellar" really became the ceiling of director Li Mu's works? "

"Who just said that Zhao Liying's praise was too fake? Let's all be honest, is Douban's score of 9.6 considered the best science fiction movie in the world in recent years?"

"The score compiled by the navy, right? How many days can this score be maintained?"

"Even if the score is falsely high, even if it has to be lowered by 0.6 points in the later stage, isn't it still 9 points? How many science fiction films in the world have been rated 9 over the past few decades? Don't say anything else, buy your tickets now! "

……

Beijing.

"Actually, I have always been a fan of Director Li Mu!"

On the sofa, Yang Mi curled her lips and muttered in a sinister tone.

Zhao Liying went to Wanda Cinema to watch "Interstellar" early in the morning. Just watch it, right?And he deliberately made people recognize him!It doesn’t matter if people recognize you, but Balabala is Li Mu’s little fan girl—you are a little fan girl, and I am willing to commit myself to you!

It’s so funny, that’s Mr. Li, who doesn’t like it?

She's so scheming. She became a hot search on Weibo. Needless to say, Li Mu must have thought she was very nice after seeing her.

"As if no one knows how to flatter someone!"

Thinking about it, Yang Mi took out her mobile phone and posted a message on Weibo:
"Interstellar, the best science fiction movie in the world!"

Look, how simple is this?
As for her not watching it at all—did she say she did?She just said it was the best science fiction movie, couldn't she just listen to what others said?
……

United States.

In the morning, Li Mu opened his eyes and first glanced at Liu Yifei sleeping next to him.

"It's so white!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but pinch the fleshy flesh on her body. It felt very good. Liu Yifei snorted, not waking up, it was quite tempting.

Li Mu couldn't help but pinch it a second time, and then picked up the mobile phone beside the bed.

He and Liu Yifei came to attend the North American premiere. North America is such a big market, so he and Liu Yifei couldn't do it without coming in person. As for domestic actors such as Deng Chao, Hu Jun, Zhao Jinmai, Yi Yangqianxi, etc., they came to the North American audience. I don’t recognize it either, just stay in China and promote it!

To be honest, he is still a little worried about "Interstellar", just like the setting that love and gravity can travel across dimensions. Gravity is okay, but what is love?He estimated that these settings would be difficult for some viewers to accept.

In his previous life, Liu Cixin's evaluation of "Inception" and "Gravity" was much higher than that of "Interstellar". He seemed to say that he didn't understand many parts. He also said that if "Interstellar" was a movie made by Chinese people , it will most likely fail. If an American film is obscure and difficult to understand, people will think it is a brain-burning film. If a Chinese film is equally obscure and difficult to understand, then there is a high possibility of being scolded.

So now the situation that Liu Cixin assumed in his previous life has emerged: the story remains the same, but the main character becomes a Chinese, then will the film really be criticized?

Open Douban, the score has come out - 9.6 points?
Li Mu was surprised when he saw this score. He didn't expect that it was even higher than the score in his previous life!

He read the comments from netizens and found that many people were describing it with words such as magnificent, unparalleled, breathtaking, like a world away, breathtaking, ceiling, best, and standing ovation.

Li Mu felt a little relieved.

It seems that Chinese netizens did not give a low evaluation just because a Chinese director made a somewhat obscure science fiction movie.

Then he noticed the news that Zhao Liying claimed to be her little crush, and then he grinned unconsciously. After smiling, he glanced at Liu Yifei, who was still sleeping, with a guilty look.

The two of them had just officially received their certificates, and they were overjoyed because Zhao Liying called herself her little crush. This seemed too...?
"Too what? It's too normal!"

If you are not happy, why should you still cry and look sad?Are you feeling aggrieved because you have a beautiful little fan girl of a big star?
If you really feel aggrieved, isn’t that just a simple illness?

"By the way, the resources provided to Zhao Liying in the past two years are a bit average!"

Li Mu actually thought of this instinctively.

Then he noticed the Weibo posted by Yang Mi:
"Interstellar, the best science fiction movie in the world!"

Li Mu was a little surprised. He didn't expect Yang Mi to like watching this kind of movie.

I casually liked Yang Mi's Weibo, but I didn't expect that my WeChat notification would ring soon.

"Is it dawn over there in the United States?" It was from Yang Mi.

"It's just dawn," Li Mu replied, "I didn't expect you to like "Interstellar" so much. After all, some of the concepts in it sound boring, such as the gravitational slingshot effect, spiral downward deceleration, and singularity."

On the other end of WeChat, Yang Mi was completely confused.

"What did the boss just say? Why do I know every word, but when put together, I don't know what it means? Is it related to the movie?"

"Why don't you just say that you haven't had time to watch it yet?"

"No, that looks so scheming!"

After thinking for a while, he replied: "Actually, I don't understand these concepts very well, but I feel that it doesn't affect my understanding of the story at all. By the way, the story structure is very clever and the characters are also very three-dimensional."

After a while, Li Mu's reply came again:

"Speaking of the ingenious structure, I'm right to the point. I think some netizens can't understand what the sudden appearance of the wormhole is all about. They're all guessing about aliens. Who is helping the people on earth? It feels like. I made it very clear in the movie, but so many people still don't understand it. By the way, where did you realize how black holes come from?" Li Mu finally asked.

To be honest, Yang Mi was completely confused at this moment.

How does she know where the black holes come from?She just saw Zhao Liying claiming to be a little fan girl and praising "Interstellar" as the best science fiction, so she also posted a Weibo. How did she know what "Interstellar" was about?
The conversation between the two of them was basically full of nonsense, and Li Mu finally had to ask in a doubtful tone:
"Have you ever seen this movie?"

"Ah? I..." Yang Mi held it in for a while before replying, "I'll go and see it tomorrow!"

……

It was almost noon here in the United States, and the first-day box office of "Interstellar" in the mainland was finally calculated. The data from the special agency was a level higher than the data calculated by Maoyan's own formula.

4.32 million yuan.

The first film with a box office of over 4 million on the first day was born!
(End of this chapter)